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Welcome to the IBM COBOL Café. Here you will find the latest technical and business information, and educational information about COBOL and related z/OS, IBM i and AIX COBOL topics, including IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS and IBM Developer for z Systems Enterprise Edition.

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Hear from Bill Smith, Product Manager for Rational Tools for Power,
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Rational Developer for Power Systems Software is a modern,
Eclipse-based, multi-lingual, integrated development environment
targeting POWER Linux, AIX, and IBM i systems. This video will show you some of the highlights and features covered in the Innovate 2011 COBOL workshop. If you missed Innovate2011, then check out the same exercises shown in the video at the IBM Enterprise Modernization Power Systems sandbox. Explore COBOL development for AIX using modern tools ( Request a user ID and password before you start this scenario.)
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Explore and experience a day in the life of application development on Power Systems (AIX and IBM i). Developer for Power Distance Learning helps you discover how developers can improve, remake and modernize
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of business value embodied in the code. IBM® Rational® Developer for
Power Systems software provides a comprehensive development environment
for creating and maintaining applications on IBM® System i® and IBM
AIX®.

You can become Cathy the Project Manager and experience first hand what life can be like using Rationals full application development solution for IBM Power Systems. See Explore COBOL development for AIX using modern tools in the Enterprise Modernization Power Systems Sandbox.

IBM Rational Power Appliance is a workload optimized
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Get an in-depth look at how Rational application development tools and software for Power systems can help you reduce costs while improving organizational efficiency. Engage in lively panel discussions with Rational and Power Systems executives, senior technical leaders, product experts and customers. Test drive Rational's latest application developme nt tools in hands-on technical workshops and demos. Check out the Innovate2011 flyer .